The post mortem report of Sunanda Pushkar, wife of Minister of State for Human Resource Development Shashi Tharoor has confirmed on Monday that she died due to drug overdose.
Police sources said two strips of anti-depressant drug alprozalem, commonly known as alprax, were found in the hotel suite where she was found dead on Friday evening.
At least 27 tablets may have been consumed by her, probably in a short time, the sources said adding evidence of it was available from the emptied strips.
Medical experts say that consumption of alprozalem tablets in large quantities at a time hampers functioning of the brain and leads to a comatose situation.
Police officials said they were awaiting the SDM’s report before they could decide on their future action.
The development came few hours after the autopsy report was handed over to the Sub-Divisional Magistrate Alok Sharma by the doctors of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) today.